Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship Explained
| Championshipname: | Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship |
| Finalchamp: | Ed Francis |
| Mostreigns: | Frank Stojack (5 reigns) |
| Created: | December 25, 1940 |
| Firstchamp: | Billy McEuin |
| Titleretired: | May 15, 1957 |
The Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship that was contended for in the Pacific Northwest from the early 1940s until 1957.[1] When the title was retired in 1957, it was the top singles title in the Pacific Northwest area.
Title history
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| Symbol | Meaning |
| No. | The overall championship reign |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. |
| Event | The event in which the championship changed hands |
| N/A | The specific information is not known |
| — | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
[Note #]|Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details.|}| width=0 data-sort-type="number" | | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1 | | 1 | | | Eugene, Oregon | House show | Defeated Billy Raeborn | |
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| 2 | | 1 | | | Eugene, Oregon | | | |
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| 3 | | 2 | | | Eugene, Oregon | | | |
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| 4 | | 1 | | | Eugene, Oregon | | | |
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| | 5 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 6 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 7 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 8 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 9 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 10 | | 2 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 11 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 12 | | 2 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 13 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 14 | | 1 | | | Yakima, Washington | | | |
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| 15 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 16 | | 2 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 17 | | 1 | | | Vancouver, British Columbia | | | |
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| Vacated | - | | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated for undocumented reasons | | | 18 | | 1 | | | Vancouver, British Columbia | | Defeated Leo Kirikeno | |
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| 19 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 20 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 21 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 22 | Leo Wallick | 1 | | | N/A | | | [2] |
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| 23 | | 3 | | | Tacoma, Washington | | | |
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| 24 | | 1 | | | Portland, Oregon | | | |
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| 25 | | 1 | | | Portland, Oregon | | | |
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| 26 | Frenchy Roy * | 1 | | | Portland, Oregon | | | [3] |
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| 27 | | 4 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 28 | Masked Marvel[4] | 1 | | | Seattle, Washington | | | |
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| 29 | | 1 | | | Tacoma, Washington | | | |
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| 30 | | 5 | | | Roseburg, Oregon | | | |
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| 31 | | 2 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 32 | | 1 | | | N/A | House show | | |
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| Vacated | - | | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated for undocumented reasons | | | 33 | | 1 | | | Portland, Oregon | | Won tournament; Roger Mackey defeats Martindale, but Martindale refuses to hand over the belt and later loses it to Kurt Von Poppenheim | |
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| 34 | | 1 | | | Longview, Washington | | | |
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| 35 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 36 | | 2 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 36 | | 1 | | | N/A | House show | | |
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| Vacated | - | | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated for undocumented reasons | | | 37 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 38 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 39 | | 3 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 40 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 41 | | 4 | | | N/A | | | [5] |
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| 42 | | 2 | | | N/A | | | |
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| 43 | | 1 | | | N/A | | | |
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| Abandoned | - | | N/A | N/A | N/A | Title abandoned | | |
References
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Notes and References
- Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . 2006. 4th . 0-9698161-5-4 .
- Web site: On this day in pro wrestling history (July 1): Ric Flair stripped of WCW title, Von Erich win WCCW Tag titles . July 1, 2015 . February 11, 2017 . Brian . Hoops . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
- Web site: On this day in pro wrestling history (August 18): Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk, Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena at WWE SummerSlam 2014 . August 18, 2015 . February 19, 2017 . Brian . Hoops . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
- The Masked Marvel was Buddy Knox.
- Web site: Pro wrestling history (01/18): Ivan Koloff defeats Bruno Sammartino for WWWF title . January 18, 2019 . January 18, 2019 . . Brian . Hoops.
